republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-187.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Residency Exemption Marijuana Education-based Occupational License	Under current law, when an employee or manager of a retail business applies for an occupational license, the person must be a Colorado resident on the date of his or her application. The bill gives the state licensing authority the ability to create an exemption to the residency requirement for a person applying for an occupational license for participation in a marijuana-based workforce development or education program if the person files an affirmation that he or she is participating in a program that requires access to licensed premises.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-187	Colorado SB 17-187 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Joann Ginal Larry Crowder	13	16	6	2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f8955b2e-eb2c-40fd-8e57-e1fb1aa7e7b8	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-187	0df0c147a24ee0293c8fb5a5b1313aacbea648a736dcbeb61d4ae0edb50c4fe5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-187 (2017A) — Residency Exemption Marijuana Education-based Occupational License

Under current law, when an employee or manager of a retail business applies for an occupational license, the person must be a Colorado resident on the date of his or her application. The bill gives the state licensing authority the ability to create an exemption to the residency requirement for a person applying for an occupational license for participation in a marijuana-based workforce development or education program if the person files an affirmation that he or she is participating in a program that requires access to licensed premises.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (03/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Final Act (05/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced (02/14/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA1 (03/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA2 (03/31/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. PA3 (04/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Reengrossed (03/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Rerevised (04/17/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. Revised (04/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
13. Signed Act (06/05/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.003. The motion passed on a vote of 10-3. — 10–3 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-187, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 10-3. — 10–3 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.001. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-187, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-187, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0. — 6–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Joann Ginal — primary (person)
• Larry Crowder — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2017-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2017-03-09T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor introduction
• 2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8955b2e-eb2c-40fd-8e57-e1fb1aa7e7b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).